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continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was
founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published the likes
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finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction and Fantasy and Heinlein's Children. Watch this space for ebook
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Jordan Chase-Young, who sold his short story, "Ambrose Starkisser Encounters That Which Is Locked" to Unidentified Funny Objects Anthology.
[May 2020]

Larry Hodges, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Journey to Perfection" to Unidentied Funny Objects Anthology.
{I've been doing a story every week, but need to take this week off to catch up on writing and rewriting.
} [May 2020]

Larry Hodges, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Philosopher Rex" to Zooscape.
[May 2020]

Amit Gupta, who has won the Writers of the Future Semi-Finalist award for his (Critter'd) short story, "India World".
{(This story also helped me get into Clarion West this year, so I owe double thanks to everyone that helped me get it into shape!)
} [Apr 2020]

Chris Hepler, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "The 10:40 Appointment at the NYC Department of Superhero Registration" to the anthology "Unidentified Funny Objects".
{The story shows the superhero equivalent of the Department of Motor Vehicles. It features a regenerating hero in the unfortunate position of having to demonstrate the extent of his powers... no matter how painful the process is. The anthology is slated to come out in October.
} [Apr 2020]

David Rossiaky, who sold his short story, "Second Chances in the West" to The Arcanist.
{This won first place in a speculative fiction flash competition and is available now online. Thanks Critters for helping me get there!
} [Apr 2020]

Laura Engelhardt, who has won the Ink & Insights Finalist/Judge's Favorites award for (Critter'd) novel, "Sirens Unbound".
{Thank you to all the critters who gave me feedback!!
} [Apr 2020]

LindaAnn LoSchiavo, whose poem, "The Ash Maiden / La Cenerentola" is now out in the current issue of Songs of Eretz.
{Songs of Eretz - themed issue - "Fantasy and Fairytales"
} [Apr 2020]

Patricia Moussatche, who sold her (Critter'd) short story, "Snow's Theorem" to Hybrid Fiction.
{Thanks to all the Critters who critiqued this story!
} [Apr 2020]

Patricia Moussatche, who sold her (Critter'd) short story, "Carayeeba" to Aurelia Leo Originals.
{Thank you to all the Critters who critiqued this story!
} [Apr 2020]

Jordan Chase-Young, who sold (Critter'd) short story, ""Shards" (Originally "An Inheritance of Sky and Stone")" to Metaphorosis.
[Mar 2020]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Repeat as Necessary" is now out in the current issue of Hybrid Fiction.
[Mar 2020]

Amit Gupta, whose (Critter'd) short story, "How Did it Feel to be Eaten?" is now out in the current issue of Escape Pod.
{Here's the story! https://escapepod.org/2020/03/12/escape-pod-723-how-did-it-feel-to-be-eaten/
Thanks to everyone for your generous feedback on this one. It's my very first sale!
} [Mar 2020]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Hello, Stranger" to Hybrid Fiction.
[Mar 2020]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Scovell's Final Painting" to Cosmic Horror Monthly.
[Mar 2020]

Andrew Giffin, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "A Guide to Vanishing" to Cosmic Horror Monthly.
[Mar 2020]

Renan Bernardo, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Anticipation of Hollowness" is now out in the current issue of Solarpunk - Come ho imparato ad amare il futuro (Italian).
{The story was published in an Italian Solarpunk anthology published by Future Fiction. Fellow authors include Ken Liu, Chen Qiufan, Brenda Cooper, Ingrid Garcia, Ana Rusche, and others…
} [Feb 2020]

Shirley Nomakeo, whose novel, "The Places You Will Be From" is now out from ACX a Division of Amazon.
{B) The audiobook 'The Places You Will Be From' by S. Forrest Nomakeo was recently approved for distribution on Audible.com, Amazon.com. and iTunes. (11hrs)
It's a Science Fiction Fantasy about a college grad who gets caught in a time travel accident available in paperback, e-book, and audio.
} [Feb 2020]

Dan Reade, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "The Return of the King" to Analog.
{Thanks to all reviewers for your great feedback: this was a story about boxers changing into cloned bodies that I was very excited to place.
} [Feb 2020]

Dwayne Minton, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "The Memory Plague" to Lightspeed Magazine.
{Thanks to all the critters who provided me feedback. It helped polish this one into a solid story.
} [Jan 2020]

LindaAnn LoSchiavo, who reports "My speculative poetry book, about to be released, got its first review! ".
{My SFF poetry book "A Route Obscure and Lonely [Wapshott Press, 2020] has received its first book review by the British critic Krishan Coupland of Neon.
Here's a link: https://www.neonbooks.org.uk/review-a-route-obscure-and-lonely-by-lindaann-loschiavo/
First reading from this new book will be on March 21, 2020 in New York City.
} [Jan 2020]

Derrick Boden, who sold his short story, "Hustle" to Escape Pod.
[Jan 2020]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Repeat as Necessary" to Hybrid Fiction.
[Jan 2020]

Larry Hodges, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Prototype Solar System with Strings Attached" to Galaxy's Edge.
{Sadly, I'm told that my story was the last one Mike Resnick bought for Galaxy's Edge before he died. He bought it on Wednesday, Dec. 8, and died shortly after midnight that night. They said Galaxy's Edge will continue publication, and that they have enough material for several issues already as they consider who will be the next editor.
} [Jan 2020]

LindaAnn LoSchiavo, who sold her book, "A Route Obscure and Lonely" to Wapshott Press.
{My formal verse collection "A Route Obscure and Lonely" contains one long narrative in blank verse that was "crittered" -- a Count Dracula poem titled "The Tale of the Vintner's Daughter."
My book tour begins in New York City on March 21, 2020. Autographed copies will be available at the Reception.
GHOST wine is one of the sponsors.
} [Dec 2019]

Joel E. Roosa, who reports "My story _The Case of the Jekyll-Hyde Murders_ appears in _The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The classic tale and an anthology of twists, retellings, and sequels_ It's up on Amazon right now. All parties involved have waived payment, and profits go to Deaf Blind International. ".
{If I may be allowed a blurb:
Enjoy the classic tale of a man confronting his own morality through scientific experimentation in Victorian London. Robert Louis Stevenson has lived and died, but the legacy his work created is alive and well! Discover fifteen retellings, each short story twisting the classic tale into something both new and familiar. Where will the dark side of the human psyche emerge next? Venture across fantasy kingdoms, on steampunk gadgets, through scenes of horror, and into the virtual realities of our near future.
Today’s emerging talents take this classic into the furthest reaches of imagination to see what lurks there and how to face our inner demons and the demons society makes of us.
} [Nov 2019]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Echo of the Siren" is now out in the current issue of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly.
{This story was called "On Call" when critiqued on Critters. As always, thanks to everyone who gave feedback.
} [Nov 2019]

LindaAnn LoSchiavo, whose poem, "Rendezvous in the Forest" is now out in the current issue of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine.
{My poem is in the October 2019 issue.
- -
I am having trouble filling out the form.
I keep getting an error message asking me if I am human.
} [Oct 2019]

Joel E. Roosa, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Red Planit" to Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores.
{"Planit" is not a typo of "Planet."
} [Oct 2019]

Paul Crawford, whose (Critter'd) novel, "Destiny's Cradle" is now out from Amazon KDP .
{Many thanks to the Critters who reviewed it. DESTINY’S CRADLE is available as an e-book, in print form, or through Kindle Unlimited. The premise: The DESTINY is a starship on a thousand-year voyage to colonize a distant planet. However, something happened, long ago, that upset the carefully laid plans of the starship's designers, a crisis, now long forgotten, that left the crew and its descendants trapped for generations within the ship’s biosphere, its exits locked and its walls, shielded by a holographic force field, invisible to everyone inside. But now that's about to change. https://www.amazon.com/Destinys-Cradle-Paul-Crawford-ebook/dp/B07Y3XXPKG [Sept. 2019]
} [Oct 2019]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "The Case of William Wilson" to Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe.
[Oct 2019]

Russell Dorn, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Long Stretches" is now out in the current issue of Third Flatiron.
{My short story "Long Stretches," crittered under the title "Reruns," is to be published in Third Flatiron's Infinite Lives: Short Tales of Longevity anthology.
Available for pre-order:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XVN23X6
} [Sep 2019]

Amy Hammack Turner, whose (Critter'd) short story, "The Farmer and the Potter" is now out in the current issue of Zooscape : an E-zine of Fantastic Furry Fiction.
[Sep 2019]

Michael Andre-Driussi, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Freaks Like Us, Born to Rule" is now out in the current issue of Songs for the Elephant Man: Strange Tales of Outsiders and Loners.
[Aug 2019]

Russ Gartz, whose comic, "Vetala Buddha, Issue 6 "Truth"" is now out in the current issue of Comixology.com.
{The sixth and final issue of my comic series, "Vetala Buddha" is now available on Comixology.com! In Issue 6, "Truth" Heidi has gone insane and Sloka rushes to rescue Heidi before she is locked away. And the Vetala Buddha helps Heidi fight her worst enemy!
} [Jul 2019]

Annaliese Lemmon, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Tattered Flower" is now out in the current issue of The Arcanist.
[Jul 2019]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "On Call" to Heroic Fantasy Quarterly.
[Jun 2019]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Walden Planet" is now out in the current issue of Strange Constellations.
[Jun 2019]

Zhu Ying (writing as Kara Lee), who sold her (Critter'd) short story, "The Homunculi's Guide to Resurrecting Your Loved One From Their Electronic Ghosts" to Escape Pod.
{This is my first pro sale! Critters saw this piece a very long time ago and although it's been massively revised since then, I will always be grateful for the feedback that helped me get here today. Thanks so much everyone.
} [Jun 2019]

Shirley Nomakeo, whose novel, "The Places You Will Be From by S. Forrest Nomakeo" is now out from KDP Select.
{B
My Science-Fiction 'The Places You Will Be From' is being narrated for an audiobook. The paperback will be released mid-summer with the audio version. The e-book is currently available on Amazon.com.
} [May 2019]

Linn Browning, whose short story, "The Knitter and the Horseman" is now out in the current issue of Kindle Direct Publishing.
{This is my absolute first published work ever, so I'm very excited.
} [Apr 2019]

Madison Estes, who sold her (Critter'd) short story, "The Golden Hope" to Unexpected Heroines.
[Apr 2019]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Dance of the Maenads" to Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine.
{This was called "Deadpan Men Don't Dance" when it went through the queue. Thanks to all who gave me feedback.
} [Apr 2019]

Nadia Afifi, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Exhibit K" is now out in the current issue of Abyss and Apex Magazine.
[Apr 2019]

Lori Phillips, whose (Critter'd) book, "Born of Blood and Spells: 13 Dark Fantasy Stories & Poems" is now out in the current issue of Haunted Unicorn Publishing.
{Many (not all) of the stories in this collection have been Crittered throughout the years!
} [Apr 2019]

Janice Clark, whose novel, "The Forgotten Door" is now out from Kindle Direct.
{This is a middle-grade novel, the sixth book in my Hall of Doors series.
} [Mar 2019]

D. Roe Shocky, whose short story, "It’s a TRAP" is now out in the current issue of Daily Science Fiction.
[Mar 2019]

Russ Gartz, whose comic, "Vetala Buddha, Issue 5 "Why?!"" is now out in the current issue of Comixology.com.
{3,500 years ago in the Lotus Kingdom …
Javas decides to go back to the Moksha Sangha only to find it destroyed by King Daksha! Giving up on humanity, he finds out the Fire King plans to destroy Inoday and the one thing that he still loves in life… Tanirika!
Present Night, Sacramento, California …
Heidi finds out why vampires don’t like crosses! In addition, Sloka’s suspicions about Howard Heflin are confirmed. But Heidi remembers her death memories … with devastating consequences!
} [Feb 2019]

Tom Greene, whose short story, "Better" is now out in the current issue of Analog.
[Feb 2019]

Dave D'Alessio, whose (Critter'd) short story, "The Merit of One Gold Piece" is now out in the current issue of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly.
{Was called just One Gold Piece when you all read it. Thanks a lot, and you can see it here: http://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/?p=2660
} [Feb 2019]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "None So Blind as Those Unseen" is now out in the current issue of Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
[Feb 2019]

Jim Marino, whose short story, "Captain Midrise" is now out in the current issue of Apex Magazine .
[Dec 2018]

Amanda H. Geard, who reports "My short story, Detections of a Cyborg, got a Silver Honorable Mention in the 4th Quarter of the Writers of the Future Contest. I would like to thank all those Critters who took the time to critique it, and those who continue to critique my work, especially Jeff Cates, for their help in improving my writing".
[Dec 2018]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Before the Beginning" is now out in the current issue of Crimson Streets.
[Nov 2018]

Christoph Weber, whose (Critter'd) short story, "The Last Stand" is now out in the current issue of Terraform.
{This one went through the queue back in 2015--thanks to the more than a dozen wonderful critters who improved it. Sadly, it took the recent tragic fires in California for it to sell, but I guess that's par for the course when writing extrapolative fiction: stories speculating on the future seem less crazy once we catch up to precisely that future.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/439xv9/the-last-stand
} [Nov 2018]

Christoph Weber, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "The Last Stand" to Terraform.
[Nov 2018]

Russ Gartz, whose comic, ""Vetala Buddha", Issue 3, "In Sickness"" is now out in the current issue of Comixology.com.
{The journeys of Javas and Heidi continue!
3,500 years ago ...
We learn more about the mysterious past of Daksha and Javas! The ruler of the Lotus Kingdom is dying and asks for his son, Daksha, to be by his side! But Javas has no idea the heartache he will undergo when he, Tanirika, and the Gopala Buddha journey to capital of the Lotus Kingdom, the fabled city of Inoday.
Present Day ...
Heidi is about to make her first conscious kill as a vampire but is terrified! But no could predict the results with she is face-to-face with her intended victim or when she sees a newscast with the charismatic preacher, Howard Heflin.
} [Oct 2018]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Walden Planet" to Strange Constellations.
[Oct 2018]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "The Contents of the Grail" is now out in the current issue of Shards.
[Oct 2018]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Dead Stop" to On the Premises.
{This story was critiqued as "Dead End." Thanks to all who gave feedback.
} [Sep 2018]

Adam Knight, who sold his (Critter'd) novel, "At The Trough" to NineStar Press.
[Sep 2018]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "The Changed Man" is now out in the current issue of Mythic.
[Sep 2018]

Jesse Caedington, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Thicker Than Blood" is now out in the current issue of Bewildering Stories.
{My crittered short story "Thicker Than Blood" published in Issue 766 of Bewildering Stories.
Thanks to Critter Jon Adcock for the story title suggestion.
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue766/blurb.html
} [Jul 2018]

Russ Gartz, whose comic, ""Vetala Buddha", Issue 2, "Empathy"" is now out in the current issue of Comixology.
{The journeys of Javas and Heidi continue!
In the ancient Lotus Kingdom, Javas convinces a hungry vampire to take his life and not Tanirika’s. But the rising sun saves them, only to have Javas accused of being in league with evil by a fellow monk, Daksha. Daksha insists that Javas be put to death!
In present day Sacramento, California, Heidi is convinced she’s evil because as a vampire, she will have to kill. But Sloka is concerned about the relationship Heidi had with a popular digital evangelist, Howard Heflin.
} [Jul 2018]

Jefferson Retallack, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "You Can't Even Call It A Rainbow" to Transmundane Press.
[Jun 2018]

Renan Bernardo, who reports "Honorable Mention in Writers of the Future Contest".
{My Crittered story The Bottom of the Funnel has received a Honorable Mention in Writers of the Future Contest 2nd Quarter
} [Jun 2018]

Matthew Rettino, who sold his short story, "The Pilgrim's Yoke" to Bards & Sages Quarterly.
[Jun 2018]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "A Bolt for Semele" is now out in the current issue of Wild Musette.
[Jun 2018]

Chris Hepler, whose (Critter'd) novel, "Civil Blood: The Vampire Rights Case that Changed a Nation" is now out from Amazon Createspace.
{Described by one reviewer as "Shadowrun meets Law & Order," Civil Blood is an urban fantasy set in Washington, D.C.. It's the heartwarming story of a soulless biomedical corporation, two deniable assassins, and the vampire civil rights lawyer they're ordered to terminate. Available in Kindle and paperback. Chris gives a shout-out to beta readers Anna Salonen, Learned Foote, and Mary Sexton!
} [Jun 2018]

Wayne Martin, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Adrift" to Abyss & Apex.
[May 2018]

Kevin P. Hallett, who has won the Silver Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future award for his (Critter'd) short story, "What Comes Before".
{Critters under "Bartholomew Cruze" in March of 2017. Thanks for all the invaluable help. No writer can be an island.
} [May 2018]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Contents of the Grail" to Shards Anthology.
[May 2018]

JE Bates, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Cold Blue Sky" is now out in the current issue of Apex Magazine.
{This story was critiqued in Fall, 2015 under the same name by you guys--big thanks!
Visit apex-magazine.com, issue 108 May 2018 if you’re curious. They also produced a podcast version you can listen to or download.
} [May 2018]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Hello, Stranger" to Stupefying Stories.
[May 2018]

Shawn Proctor, who sold his short story, "Unicorns on All Street, Fairies in the Coffee Shop" to Galaxy's Edge.
[Apr 2018]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "None So Blind as Those Unseen" to The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
[Apr 2018]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "The Changed Man" to Mythic.
[Apr 2018]

Lars Olsen, who has won the California Redwood Writers Crime Fiction Contest award for (Critter'd) short story, "The Thieving Squirrel".
{Hello Burt,
I submitted this story to the Critters Mystery Workshop last month. My pen name is Lars Sigurdssen.
Lars
-------------------------------
Dear Writers,
CONGRATULATIONS! The winning entries of the Redwood Writers Crime Fiction Contest are in. The results are:
1st Place: Lars Sigurdssen - "The Thieving Squirrel”
Prize: $100, certificate, and a half price scholarship to the Mendocino Coast Writer’s Conference (MCWC) for their novel-writing session, winning entry published in
Winner’s Brochure and on RW website
2nd Place: Steve Lubliner - “The Man in the Photograph”
Prize: $50 and a certificate, winning entry published on RW website
3rd Place: Jean Wong - “Mahalo”
Prize: $25 and a certificate, winning entry published on RW website
Honorable Mention: Mets Strauss - "Rembrandt and the Spider” - Honorable Mention certificate
Honorable Mention: Roger Lubeck - "A Bakers Dozen” - Honorable Mention certificate
What we now need from all of you is: a brief bio. (no more than 75 words), and a photo. Roger DeBeers, our Crime Fiction Contest chair, has been called away on a family emergency, so please send all your info. to me, and I’ll take it from here.
Thank you all again for submitting to the RW Crime Fiction Contest, and once again, CONGRATULATIONS!
Lars, I will send you a separate email detailing how to access your half price scholarship to MCWC.
Best,
Natasha Yim
General Contest Chair
} [Apr 2018]

Derrick Boden, whose short story, "Giant Robot and the Infinite Sunset" is now out in the current issue of Diabolical Plots.
{http://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-38a-giant-robot-and-the-infinite-sunset-by-derrick-boden/
} [Apr 2018]

Christoph Weber, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Hanging Trees" is now out in the current issue of Deep Magic.
{This one went through the queue as "Secret Trees" back in 2015. Thanks to all you critters who helped me whip it into shape!
} [Mar 2018]

Russ Gartz, whose comic, ""Vetala Buddha", Issue 1, "Beginnings"" is now out in the current issue of Comixology.
{How do you become a vampire? Not by being bitten in the neck! If you're reborn as a vampire, it's due to your karma. It's a new concept to newly reborn vampire, Heidi Helgamann. Her vampire teacher, or guru, Sloka, begins Heidi's new undead life by telling her the story of Javas, an ancient monk who became a vampire that would vow to save all vampires from eternal misery, the Vetala Buddha.
This is Issue 1 of a six-issue series.
} [Feb 2018]

Ryan Harris, who sold his short story, "The Randamine Pyramids" to Theme of Absence.
[Jan 2018]

J.E. Bates, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Cold Blue Sky" to Apex Magazine.
[Jan 2018]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Day of the Endorphin" is now out in the current issue of The Centropic Oracle.
[Jan 2018]

Sean Green (writing as S. R. Algernon), whose (Critter'd) book, "Walls and Wonders" is now out in the current issue of ReAnimus Press.
{I'd like to thank Andrew Burt (our Critter Captain) for working with me to publish this; and to thank everyone who critiqued any of my stories, in this collection and elsewhere.
If you're interested, please follow me on Twitter (s_r_algernon) for more updates on my work and other assorted scientific and literary news.
} [Dec 2017]

Fred Obermeyer, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "With Great Power Comes Not-So-Great Playlists" to Mythic.
[Dec 2017]

Anna Salonen, who sold her (Critter'd) short story, "Waiting for the Dawn" to Apparition Lit .
[Dec 2017]

Michael Andre-Driussi, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Post-Modem Alchemy" is now out in the current issue of Society of Misfit Stories.
{Available as a Kindle ebook tale over at Amazon. This is part of a series by the "Bards and Sages Quarterly" publishers.
} [Nov 2017]

James Beamon, whose (Critter'd) novel, "Pendulum Heroes" is now out from Inkitt.com.
{My YA fantasy adventure novel Pendulum Heroes is not only alive, but FREE for the first 100 downloads. Anyone who'd like a copy, check it out at https://www.inkitt.com/stories/fantasy/178340
} [Nov 2017]

Kat Day, whose (Critter'd) short story, "The In Between Place" is now out in the current issue of Daily Science Fiction (Nov 13th).
[Nov 2017]